Lee Ward

Cosmopolitanism and Its Discontents

Rethinking Politics in the Age of Brexit and Trump

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the cosmopolitanism ideal from ancient to contemporary times. It grapples with the question: Is there still relevance today for the idea of the "citizen of the world" that transcends national borders in the aftermath of the Brexit Referendum result and election of Donald Trump in 2016?

Produktdetails

• Political Theory for Today
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9781793602596
• ISBN-10: 179360259X
• Artikelnr.: 58700625

Autorenporträt

LEE WARD has always enjoyed books, especially stories about heroes or, even better, superheroes, of which there clearly is a shortage! When not writing, he enjoys reading-including indulging his passion for science fiction and comic books, as well as all things scientific and historical. And when not reading or writing, he can be found watching movies and hanging out with his pets.He lives in Denare Beach, Saskatchewan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Contextualizing the Age of Brexit and Trump
Lee Ward
Chapter One: The Myth of Cicero's Cosmopolitanism
Cary J. Nederman
Chapter Two: Johannes Althusius's Cosmopolitan Defense of Local Politics
Nicholas Aroney and Simon P. Kennedy
Chapter Three: Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Jewish Political Thought
Vasileios Syros
Chapter Four: Rousseau and the Problem of Cosmopolitanism
John T. Scott
Chapter Five: A Cosmopolitanism that Populists Could Love: Kant on
Refugees, Elites, and National Honor
Jeffrey Church
Chapter Six: Citizen Marx: On His Distinction between Cosmopolitanism and
Internationalism Paul Christopher Gray
Chapter Seven: Nietzsche's Good Europeans: Beyond Nationalism and
Cosmopolitanism
Paul Kirkland
Chapter Eight: From 'Global Culture' to 'Authentic History': Notes on the
Preview of Heidegger's Contributions to Philosophy
José Daniel Parra
Chapter Nine: John Rawls against the Clash of Civilizations
Michel Seymour
Chapter Ten: Glocalism and Democracy in James Tully's Critique of
Cosmopolitanism and Imperialism
Lee Ward
Chapter Eleven: Rethinking the Boundary Problem
Zoltan Miklosi and Szolt Kapelner
Chapter Twelve: "Forced to be free": Nationalism and the Hijab Controversy
in France
Ann Ward
Chapter Thirteen: Demos or no demos? Citizenship and Democracy in the EU
Claudia Wiesner
Chapter Fourteen: A Decline in Democratic Say? The Accounts of James Allan
and Pierre Manent
Carl Eric Scott